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No. 608,748. Patented Aug. 9, I898. V. BEDORET.

RIDGE DRILL.

(Application filed July 16, 1897.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Shela! l.

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RIDGE DRILL.

(Application filed July 16, 1897.)

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RIDGE-DRILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,748, dated August 9, 1898.

Application filed July 16,1897. Serial No. 644,865. (No model.) Patented in Belgium August 31, 1896, No. 123,29 in France November 2,1896, No. 260,922; in Hungary November 6,1896,'N0. 7,938; in Austria December 3, 1896, No. 46/4,867, and in Germany S t mb 24, 1897,1115. 93,677. i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LVrcron BEDORET, a sub ject of the King of the Belgians, residing at I'Iavay, in the Kingdom of Belgium, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ridge-Drills; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, which I shall proceed to explain with reference to the annexed drawings.

The invention has been patented in Belgium August 31, 1896, No. 123,294; in France November 2, 1806, No. 260,922; in Hungary November 6, 1896, No. 7,938; in Austria December3,1896, No. l6/4l,867, andin Germany September 24, 1897, No. 93,677.

The object of this invention is a ridge-drill which differs from all similar implements by having only a single wheel acting as a seeddistributer while rolling at the bottom of the furrow, while other similar implements are provided with two wheels and aseparate seed- The result of this improvement is that the implement is much lighter and therefore cheaper and that the seed-grains are deposited mathematically on the proper spots without being interfered with by clods or other inequalities of the soil.

On the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side view; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section; and Fig. 3, a cross-section through the axle of the wheel, which, as has been stated above, acts also as a seed-distributor.

The implement may be attached to any sort of vehicle by means of its shaft A, which is fixed to the casing B. This casing, as will be seen on referring to Fig. 3, is composed longitudinally of two symmetrical shells. It coversonly about one-third of the wheel 0 and may, moreover, be partially perforated, as will be seen on referring to Fig. 1, in order to lighten the implement of useless metal; but the edges 1), which form the contact-surfaces of the two halves of the casing, reach down to the bottom, so that these edges cover the whole front half of the wheel. A plowshare 1), which can be raised or lowered, ac cording to circumstances, is fixed to the front of the casing B. This plowshare opens the furrow in which the wheel 0 advances. On the top of the casing B is a funnel E, which contains the seeds.

The wheel 0 is also made longitudinally of two disks, one of which is formed with a rocess c in its central part. The wheel which. is thus obtained and which is solid in the part nearest to the circumference is drilled in several places, so as to have radially-disposed channels widened out at the circumference, so as to form cells f. In each channel is introduced a pin F, the broad head of which is located in the recess f and which is provided at its inner end with two studs f. The number of the channels and pins F depends upon the distance at which the little heaps of seedgrains are to be deposited.

In the central recess 0 of the wheel there is an eccentric ring G, which fits between the studs f of all the pins F. At the back of the casing B are fitted a scraper H and a rake I, which latter is intended to cover up with earth the seeds after they have been deposited.

Having thus described the most essential parts of the new ridge-drill, I shall explain how these different parts act together. As the wheel 0 rolls at the bottom of the furrow opened by the plowshare D the cells J", one after the other, come under the seed-funnel E. At that instant the corresponding pin F is drawn inward through the action of the eccentric G, and a space is thus created in the recess f, into which fall a certain number of seedgrains. These grains are now confined in the cell on account of the edge I) of the casing forming a cover until the cell has arrived near the bottom of the furrow, when the seeds fall out. While the empty cell now moves upward through the rotation of the wheel the eccentric G drives the corresponding pin F to the outer rim of the wheel, this pin thus cleaning out of the cell any earth which may have entered it and being itself freed from it by the scraper H gliding over its head. The pin F now goes back in order to leave the necessary space for refilling the cell.

Having now particularly described my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that What I claim is 1. In combination ,the wheel having pockets and adapted to act both as the carrying-wheel for the machine and as the seed-distributing wheel, the hopper under which the wheel passes to present the open pockets, the plungers in the said pockets with means for forcing the plungers out when the pockets approach the ground, and the scraper for keeping the seed-wheel free from loose earth, substantially as described.

2. In combination,the Wheel having pockets VICTOR BEDORET.

WVitnesses:

AUGUSTE DHoMos, AUGUSTE DE CEUs'rEN. 

